I was just on the coast and as you know it’s gone 90% from ocean springs to Waveland back to the tracks except for higher land around pass christian
And only rebuilt now 10 years later maybe 10-15% and that generous
St Bernard’s is depopulated and likely to stay that way
The crap parts of NOLA ditto but for different reasons
The media focused on NOLA cause the victims are mostly black
They closed down all the animal savagery and focused on Bush and the helpless like Lootie
Katrina was slow
Camille which I was in was a bitch of a storm but moved fast
If the govt run crap in Industrial canal and the Lake had held it would been non story in NOLA
Notice today all new stuff is 12 foot off ground
Codes or insurance?
Codes or insurance?”
Some friends who rebuilt in Galveston after Ike don’t have insurance on their new structure and know they are totally on their own the next time around. We lost most of our roof and had other pretty extensive damage following Ike and we are 45 miles inland. FEMA inspector who was from Ohio announced that we wouldn’t have lost our roof if we had had “hurricane proof shingles”. Another brilliant statement from a government employee!!!
One of the reasons we like Pass Christian is because it’s not all that well known. The new structures going up are too modern and don’t reflect the southern heritage - just part of our culture that probably won’t ever return.